deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired
Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) that has
eluded
the world for decades has finally been found...
Two patients who were given bone
marrow
transplants to treat cancer but they
remain
free of the virus even after stopping HIV
treatment. The results presented at a
meeting
of the International AIDS Society in
Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia has yielded growing hope
that the virus' cured is finally here.
Giving an update in an eagerly
followed trial,
researchers said an HIV-positive
infant in Mississippi, United States, who was put
on a
course of anti-retroviral drugs within
a few
days of birth had remained free of the
AIDS virus 15 months after treatment was
stopped.
In Boston, United States, two HIV-
positive
men who were given bone-marrow
transplants for cancer also had no detectable
virus 15
weeks and seven weeks respectively
after
stopping AIDS drugs, a separate eam
reported. Indeed, an international non-profit
organisation dedicated to the support
of
AIDS research, HIV prevention and
treatment
education has reported a breakthrough in the
case of two HIV-positive patients who
show no
trace of virus following stem-cell
transplants.
Dr. Timothy Henrich of Harvard Medical School, United States, on Wednesday
reported that research in the fight
against
AIDS has at last produced evidence of
total
cure. Good news but, hey guys, continue to
play safe!
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